Vie Heureuse De Léopold Z., La


Release Information: August 8, 1965; Montreal (Loew's: Festival du Cinema Canadien, Festival International du Film); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); August 8, 1965; Montreal (Loew's: Festival du Cinema Canadien, Festival International du Film); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); August 8, 1965; Montréal (Le Parisien); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); August 8, 1965; Montréal (Le Parisien); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 19, 1965; Montreal (Loew's: Festival du Cinema Canadien, Festival International du Film); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 19, 1965; Montreal (Loew's: Festival du Cinema Canadien, Festival International du Film); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 19, 1965; Montréal (Le Parisien); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC); November 19, 1965; Montréal (Le Parisien); Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)


Funding Sources: National Film Board

Budget: Actual cost: $70,000; Budget: $63,000

Production Details


Executive Producer: André Gagnon

68 minutes, 1965

Comedy

This feature film by Gilles Carle, based on a real story, describes the misadventures of happy-go-lucky Léopold. The entire movie takes place over the course of a single day--Christmas Eve-–from breakfast to midnight Mass. Montréal is hit by a bad snowstorm and the fun begins as Léopold attempts to juggle his snowplowing duties and his family obligations.

Source: Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Feature Film Database (LAC)

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La Vie heureuse de Léopold Z Commentary

Winner of the first prize for a feature film at both the Montreal and Locarno International Film Festivals in 1965, La Vie heureuse de Léopold Z (Merry World of Leopold Z) was also the first full-length feature for its writer-director, Gilles Carle...

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